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A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Foreign nationals told to leave Lebanon amid rising regional tensions, fears of war

Saudi Arabia and France are the latest of several countries calling on their citizens to leave

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.(Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas leader says no change in truce position after sons killed

Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been ongoing since Sunday

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki makes statements following the hearings on the advisory proceedings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories in The Hague, Netherlands on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Palestinians accuse Israel of ‘apartheid’ at International Court of Justice

The ICJ is holding hearings all week on the legal implications of Israel’s occupation since 1967, with 52 countries expected to give evidence

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

United States won’t lower its Agoa human rights standards

South Africa’s eligibility has been called into question, with some US lawmakers citing the country’s stance on Russia and, most recently, Israel and Gaza

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Agoa forum: ‘Africa to assert its place in global economy’

South Africa’s trade, industry and competition minister said member countries are asking that the pact be renewed for another 10 years

As two wars rage, the International Monetary Fund has warned that geopolitical fragmentation will hurt an still fragile global economy

Conflict economics: America and the centre that will not hold

As two wars rage, the International Monetary Fund has warned that geopolitical fragmentation will hurt a still fragile global economy

Markets are anticipating that the conflict will be contained. A wider Middle East war would hit an already fragile and fragmented economy.

Global economy braces for Israel-Hamas spillover

A wider Middle East war would hit an already fragile and fragmented economy.